Supreme Court of India

Biswanath Ghosh v. State of West Bengal & Ors.

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Reported as [1987] 2 S.C.R. 305
Bench A.P. Sen and V. Balakrishna Eradi JJ.
Decided 16 February 1987

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Constitution of India, 1950, Article 136-lnterference by Supreme . j Court with an oraer of acquittal recorded by the High Court at the instance of a private complaint, permissiblity. --r Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, section 385, scope-Appeal· c disposed of in the absence of the records from the Sessions Judge and when even notices for the grant of bail were not issued, solely relying on the concession made by the Public Prosecutor as to the discrepancy in the number of injuries found on the deceased and the witnesses' deposition is vitiated and bad in law. Respondents 2 to 9 preferred

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